Comparing driver frontal mortality in vehicles with redesigned and older-design front airbags

Annual Proceedings - Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 1-14

  Braver, Elisa R ^a,b   Kyrychenko, Sergey Y ^a   Ferguson, Susan A ^a  

^a Insurance Institute for Highway Safety ^*  (United States)

^b National Study Center for Trauma and Emergency Medical Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBAG INFLATION; HIGH-SEVERITY FRONTAL CRASHES; RIGID-BARRIER VEHICLE TESTS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRODUCT DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT;

HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MORTALITY; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AIR BAGS; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 16644366419     PISSN: 15400360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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